Vaclav
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Practice squad players were making 3.3k in 1994. That's from an actual real news article.
I doubt they got a pay cut like that in 1997.
Did it say WHERE they were playing when they got that rate? I'm pretty sure I've heard some teams pay more for their winter camps in Florida/etc than when they're practicing close to home. Clearly with the scrub level that Ut presents his story as, he never went on the road for practice.